PLAYWRIGHT FESTIVAL

Kausar Mohammed is a queer, Muslim, Pakistani actress and writer who stars in ‘APPENDAGE’ opposite Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) and Hadley Robinson (Little Women), world premiering at SXSW 2023.

Mohammed wrote and stars in the holiday romantic comedy THE SYED FAMILY XMAS EVE GAME NIGHT, directed by Fawzia Mirza, which world-premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. Mohammed recently starred as Dr. Meena Dhawan AKA Fast Track on The CW series THE FLASH, and earlier as Soraya Abbas on The CW series 4400. She starred in Paul Feig's series “EAST OF LA BREA” and voices Yaz, one of the fan favorite lead characters, on Dreamworks and Amblin’s hit show JURASSIC WORLD: CAMP CRETACEOUS.

Mohammed’s standout performance as Rakhi in COFFEE SHOP NAMES is currently streaming on HBO MAX. Mohammed is a writer/performer in the distinguished all- South Asian sketch comedy troupe The Get Brown, who is currently developing various film and series projects, and performed two seasons of continuously sold-out shows at Upright Citizen's Brigade LA. Other credits include WHAT MEN WANT (Paramount), LITTLE (Universal), SILICON VALLEY (HBO), BLACK LIGHTNING (The CW), and CAROL’S SECOND ACT (CBS). Mohammed was also a featured talent in the ViacomCBS Diversity Showcase 2021. Kausar also is the co- founder of SHIFT, a racial and gender equity consulting group created by women of color.

Conrad A. Panganiban (he/him/his) is a Filipino American playwright representing the San Francisco Bay Area. His plays include DARYO’S ALL-AMERICAN DINER, WELGA, and RIVER’S MESSAGE. Conrad’s work has been produced by Bindlestiff Studio, The Chikahan Company, CIRCA Pintig, MaArte Theatre Collective, and the Sinag-tala Filipino Theatrical Performing Arts Association. Awards include: Susan Fairbrook Playwright Fund Awardee (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), James Milton Highsmith Award Winner (SFSU), National Ten- Minute Play Festival Finalist (Actors Theatre of Louisville), and Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist (Playwrights Foundation). Resident Artist: Bindlestiff Studio. Member: Dramatist Guild of America, and Theatre Bay Area. MFA. San Francisco State University.

Reed Flores (he/him) is a Queer CHamoru and Filipino-American dude who directs and writes. He is currently the Line Producer at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and has worked with some cool folks like: Seattle Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Hillbarn Theatre, Bindlestiff Studio, and more. Recent directing credits include Pueblo Revolt (World Premiere, Alter Theatre Ensemble), Brackish (World Premiere, The Wayward Artist), Three Tall Women & The Piano Teacher (The Pear Theatre).

As a playwright, Reed has worked with SFBATCO, Bindlestiff Studio, and Breaking Wave Theatre Company – he is working with Theatre Rhino on a play with music, Longing for Longanisa. www.reedflores.com

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Christina Ying is a resident playwright and workshop facilitator with Bindlestiff Studio. She made her playwriting debut at Bindlestiff Studio with her monologue, The Word of Oprah, in 2010. Christina earned her MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage at Northwestern University. She’s a resident playwright with Bindlestiff Studio, the epicenter for Filipino American Arts in San Francisco, and also facilitates their fundamental playwriting and genre-focused workshops. Her full-length play and graduate thesis, There’s the Moon and Then There’s You, premiered at Bindlestiff Studio on May 30, 2015. In her downtime, she continues to write plays and creative nonfiction that communicate the complicated human condition. Since she was a kid, Christina has always created stories that evoked difficult themes, intricate characters, and unexpected consequences.

Anthony Doan (he/they) is a queer, first-generation Vietnamese-American theatre artist currently based in the Bay Area. They spotlight historically excluded narratives and deconstructing contemporary American theatre in both theme and form within their playwriting, acting, and directing. His aesthetic is known as “epic intimacy:” a sense of grandeur in dramatically heightened stakes that emerges from the obscure delights and emotional truths of human nature. Anthony strives to viscerally entertain and challenge audiences, provoke political thoughts, and inspire people to empathetically listen to the world in a different vibration. His play "Eggshell; or Vỏ Trứng" was recognized as a semi- finalist in the 44th Annual Bay Area Playwright's Festival in 2021.

Victoria Chong Der has a BA in Creative Writing from Oberlin College. She's written for several Bay Area theater companies, as well as game companies as a game writer and Narrative Designer. She's excited to be part of CATS' AAPI Playwright Festival.